Nobody wants to admit that they have a drinking problem…
Society in fact makes drinking look appealing. Happy hours, Caribbean vacation with frozen cocktails, college parties, etc. About one out of every five movies, TV shows and songs have alcohol or drinking involved.
What does this promote to kids? That drinking is acceptable and “cool”. And it shows, as according to SAMHSA, 26.6% of Americans under the legal age for alcohol consumption are drinking. It may not seem like a high percentage, but ...
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Human beings aren’t destined to become alcohol users or abusers–or so it might seem–but the annals of human history are punctuated with stories of man’s struggle with the substance. Our ancestors, ancient hominids, discovered that imbibing water containing rotten fruit produced an intoxicating effect and subsequently taught themselves how to control alcohol production by intentionally catalyzing fermentation. Anthropologists can only speculate as to why primitive man would promote the production and ...